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泰國救護人員救下一頭被摩託車撞倒的小象
By Alice Bryant
26 December 2020
Mana Srivate has performed many attempts to save lives in his 26 years as a rescue worker in Thailand. But he had never tried to do so for an elephant.
瑪納·斯利瓦特在泰國擔任救護人員的26年裡，曾多次試圖挽救生命。但是他從來沒有這樣救過大象。
That changed when Mana was called into action after a motorcycle hit a baby elephant. The small animal was crossing a road with a group of wild elephants in the eastern area of Chanthaburi.
當一臺摩託車撞上了一頭小象，瑪納被叫來參與行動時，這一切就都改變了。在尖竹汶府的東部地區，這頭小象當時正跟一群野生大象一起穿過馬路。
Mana began trying to save the animal as soon as he could. Someone nearby took a video, which quickly went viral on social media.
瑪納開始儘可能快地去救這頭小象。旁邊人拍下了一段視頻，它很快就在社交媒體上瘋傳。
During the rescue, Mana gave two-handed compressions to the small elephant, which was lying on its side. His coworkers treated the injured motorcycle rider a few meters away.
在救援過程中，瑪納用雙手按壓著躺在一旁的小象。他的同事在幾米之外治療受傷的摩託車騎手。
Both the rider and elephant are recovering and neither has serious injuries.
騎手和大象都在康復，都沒有受重傷。
"It's my instinct to save lives, but I was worried the whole time because I can hear the mother and other elephants calling for the baby," Mana told Reuters reporters over the phone.
瑪納在電話中對路透社記者表示：「挽救生命是我的本能，但我當時一直很擔心，因為我能聽到附近母象和其它大象在呼喚這頭小象。」
Mana has dealt with several road traffic accidents involving humans. The elephant was the only victim he has been able to save while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.
瑪納曾處理過幾起涉及人類的道路交通事故。這頭小象是他做心肺復甦時唯一能救出的受害者。
"When the baby elephant starting to move, I almost cried," he said.
他說：「當小象開始動起來時，我差點要哭出聲。」
To help the baby elephant live, Mana had to estimate where an elephant's heart would be. He did so based on where the human heart sits in the body and based on a video he had seen online.
為了幫助小象活下來，瑪納必須估算出小象心臟的可能位置。他是根據人類心臟在人體的位置以及網上看過的一段視頻估算出來的。
The young animal stood up after about 10 minutes and was taken to another area for treatment. Workers then brought the elephant back to the place of the accident in the hope of reuniting it with its mother.
大約十分鐘之後，這頭小象佔了起來，然後被帶到另一個地方接受治療。隨後工作人員將它帶回事故地點，希望讓它與母象團聚。
The group of elephants returned, Mana said, when the mother heard her baby calling out.
瑪納表示，當母象聽到小象的叫聲，那群大象又回來了。
I'm Alice Bryant.
我是愛麗絲·布萊恩特。
motorcycle – n. a vehicle with two wheels that is powered by a motor and that can carry one or two people
compression – n. applying pressure to someone's chest in order to help blood flow through the heart in an emergency situation
instinct – n. a natural desire or tendency that makes you want to act in a particular way
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) – n. a way of trying to save the life of someone who has stopped breathing and whose heart has stopped beating
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